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Hypermetabolic indicates that the lymph nodes are using more sugar than normal. This is a critical diagnosis because most cancer cells have a higher metabolic rate than normal cells. Lymphadenopathy just means that the lymph nodes in question are swollen or enlarged.
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What is mediastinal lymphadenopathy of lymph node of subcarinal region?
disease of the lymph gland in the thoracic cavity, between the lungs
What diseases start with the letter U?
Diseases start with the letter "r" include: RABIES RADIATION SICKNESS RAEDER'S SYNDROME RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME RAMULA CYST RAPE CRISIS SYNDROME RAYNAUD�S DISEASE AND PHENOMENON REACTIVE ARTHRITIS REACTIVE HYPOGLYCEMIA REACTIVE LYMPHADENOPATHY RECTAL ABSCESS RECTAL BLEEDING RECTAL PROLAPSE RECTAL SPASM RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY REFLUX LARYNGITIS REITER'S SYNDROME RELAPSING FEVER RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS RENAL ARTERY THROMBOSIS RENAL CANCER RENAL CORTICAL ABSCESS RENAL FAILURE, ACUTE RENAL FAILURE, CHRONIC RENAL VEIN OCCLUSION RENDU-OSLER-WEBER DISEASE RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME RETINAL ARTERY OCCLUSION RETINAL DETACHMENT RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA RETINOBLASTOMA REYE'S SYNDROME RH INCOMPATIBILITY RHABDOMYOLYSIS RHEUMATIC FEVER RHINITIS RHINOPHYMA RHINORRHEA RHINOSPORIDIOSIS RIB FRACTURE RICE THERAPY RICKETS RINGWORM ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER ROSACEA ROSEOLA INFANTUM ROTATOR CUFF SYNDROME ROTATOR CUFF TEAR ROTATOR CUFF TENDONITIS ROUNDWORMS RUBELLA RUNNER'S DIARRHEA RUPTURED DIAPHRAGM RUPTURED FOLLICLE CYST WITH BLEEDING RUPTURED SPLEEN RUPTURED TENDON RUPTURED UTERUS
When a PET Scan shows hypermetabolic activity?
hypermetabolic activity posterior to the bladder. SUV is 6.5.
What is the continued presence of diffuse enlarged lymph nodes?
Persistent Generalized Lymphadenopathy
What is hypermetabolic activity ranging up to 6.46 on PET Scan?
Hypermetabolic activity ranging up to 6.46 on a PET scan can mean one or two things. It can either mean you have cancer or an infection.
Can hyperthyroidism cause lymphadenopathy?
No. But it can coexist with a swelling of the thyroid which may superficially look a bit like lymphadenopathy.
What is the term for enlarged or palpable lymph nodes?
the term for englared or palpable lymph nodes is lymphadenopathy.
What is a diease of a lymph node?
lymphadenopathy
What is right lower paratracheal lymp nodemildly hypermetabolic?
hyper-metabolic lymph node?
What is the longest word that starts with L?
Lymphadenopathy
What is extensive lymphadenopathy?
Lymphadenopathy is defined nodes that are abnormal in either size, consistency or number. Malignancy was found in only about 30% of patients and most cases had no findable cause.
What do they mean when they say that they didn't find any hypermetabolic areas?
A hypermetabolic area is one that is using nutrients faster than others. The clinical meaning of this finding depends on the reason the study was done. Your health care provider has information on the type of study and its purpose that you did not provide in your question.
What does hypermetabolic mean on a PET Scan?
It means that the tissue is absorbing the radioactive sugar they injected you with prior to the PET scan. Different tissues absorb this at different rates and hypermetabolic means that the target tissue is absorbing the sugar at rates above the norm (as happens with infected/inflammed tissue and cancer cells).
What is a cervical lymph node?
What is cervical lymphadenopathy?
